Jean-Robert Argand
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Jean-Robert Argand (July 18, 1768 - August 13, 1822) was a non-professional mathematician. In 1806, he, while managing a bookstore in Paris, published the idea of geometrical interpretation of complex numbers known as the Argand diagram.
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- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Jean-Robert Argand". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- Biography at School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland
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